IAS Pankaj Joshi takes charge as Chief Secretary of Gujarat

GANDHINAGAR : Senior civil servant IAS Pankaj Joshi took charge as Chief Secretary of Gujarat in Gandhinagar. After the state’s Chief Secretary Raj Kumar retired, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Pankaj Joshi took charge as Chief Secretary. On this occasion, former Chief Secretary Raj Kumar congratulated Chief Secretary Joshi for his new responsibility.

With this, senior civil servants of the state as well as heads of various departments bid a fond farewell to the Raj Kumar upon his retirement and wished him a happy and healthy retirement.

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, General Administration Department Kamal Dayani, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister MK Das, Additional Chief Secretary Jayanti Ravi, Additional Chief Secretary JP Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary SJ Haider and various civil servants remembered the work done by Raj Kumar and praised his administrative skills.

Pankaj Joshi, originally from Uttar Pradesh, joined the Gujarat cadre as an Indian Civil Service Officer in the year 1989. Joshi has studied BTech in Civil Engineering and MTech in the water management.

He started as a provincial officer in Gujarat and served in various important departments of the government, took charge as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister and now as Chief Secretary of Gujarat.